x-compiling an arm-elf toolchain package

[Shaun Jackman <sjackman@shaw.ca>]

I want to compile an arm-elf GNU development toolchain (binutils, gcc, 
newlib). I'd like the end result to be an arm-elf-gcc_3.0.4-1_i386.deb 
package that I can install and manage through dpkg. My usual method is 
download the the binutils, gcc, and newlib sources, and "./configure 
--target=arm-elf && make && su -c 'make install'" for each package. I'm 
trying to get away from /usr/local though as it becomes a nightmare to manage 
and defeats the purpose of an excellent package management system such as 
dpkg. I found binutils-multiarch, which is great and meets my first 
requirement. Now for compiling gcc. I found dpkg-cross, but my understanding 
is its purpose is to create packages for different --host=, whereas I'm 
trying to do a different --target=. Can I run something like
$ debuild --target=arm-elf
and have it magically create arm-elf-gcc_3.0.4-1_i386.deb for me?
And finally, what do I do about newlib (which is a libc replacement for 
embedded systems). I see it's not packaged. Is it viable to package it? If 
so, I might take that project on.

Thanks,
Shaun


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